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International Organizations

NGO -

NGO Global Network - non-governmental organizations associated with the United Nations

IGO -

International Governmental Organizations and International Agencies & Information (home pages for the IMF, World Bank, United Nations, etc.) and Databases and Catalogs (search IGO indexes and full text databases)

United Nations -

UNITED NATIONS and UN - System of Organizations and UN Research Guide

UN Official Documents System and also of interest are Search and Documents - there are over 1,000,000 full-text documents available (and are adding more each year) from 1946. Records for the Security Council go back to 1985 but most areas only go back to the mid 1990s. The database doesn't include treaties and classified documents. See the Online training modes

UNBISnet - primary index to UN documentation published since 1979, and earlier for selected major documents

ReliefWeb - includes job openings in relief organizations, a library, and reports on disasters - what happened and what's been done (9UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)

The United Nations at 60 - an overview of the UN's origins, charter, work, structure, and work. (U of Michigan)

UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction - data, reports, publications, statistics, hazard vulnerability

From the League of Nations to the United Nations - history of the League of Nations, 1919-1946:overview, chronology, and details about the collections of the League of Nations archives and museum.

UN Yearbook - digitized 1946-2005 (Note: 2005 is the most recent edition, it takes 3-4 years to write one of these volumes.)

search across all the yearbooks or just one; browse

European Union -

Europa: Gateway to the European Union - history, sturctures, and cultures, country information, etc.

Archive of European Integration - entirety of European Union federal documents; collecting two types of materials: certain types of independently-produced research materials and official European Community/European Union documents

SUBJECTS

Religious Freedom

Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 1999: Executive Summary - (U.S. Dept. of State)

International Religious Freedom Report - describes the status of religious freedom in each foreign country, and government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations and individuals, and U.S. policies to promote religious freedom around the world

Children

State of the World's Children 1998 - (UNICEF)

Labor and Trade

International Labour Organization - also has statistics

Web Resources for International Trade - categories include Currencies, International Taxation, International Law, Treaties and International Conventions, and Trade Barriers (Federation of International Trade Associations)

Integrity and Corruption

Global Integrity - provides "information on corruption and governance" for countries around the world; features the "Global Integrity Report," a "collection of original, in-depth national assessments combining journalistic reporting with 292 'Integrity Indicators' analyzing openness, governance, and anti-corruption mechanisms for a diverse collection of countries." Also includes individual country reports, links to news, and related material.

Transparency International- NGO to "create change towards a world free of corruption" - news, measurement tools, corruption barometer and bribe payers index, anicorruption resources, studies and research

Initiative on Conflict Resolution - (INCORE) these country guides provide scholarly information on ethnic conflicts in a few selected countries (University of Ulster & United Nations University)

World Public Opinion - polls taken around the world on current issues, organized by region and topic

Intelligence Community Legal Reference Book - 680 page compilation of the significant legal references as pertaining to the authority and guidance for the Intelligence Community - legislation, Executive Orders, MOUs and more.

To Walk the Earth in Safety, 2008 ed. - a report of the interagency U.S. Humanitarian Mine Action Program. Previous versions

STATISTICS

OFFSTATS - Official Statistics on the Web

UN Statistics Division - Demographic Yearbook and other databases, currency varies for countries, some areas require a subscription

World Factbook

InfoNation - country data and graphs, compare up to 6 countries (United Nations)

FAOSTAT - Food and Agriculture Organization (United Nations)

OECD Statistics Variables Index - frequently-requested variables that link to freely-available, ready-made Excel spreadsheets containing those variables, and to the priced databases or publications on SourceOECD in which the listed variable may be found

Facts on International Relations and Security Trends - covers military expenditures; arms production & trade; memberships, agreements, & events; conflicts & peace keeping activities; and political system & country indicators. (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute)

International Data Base - (Census Bureau)

IDB Population Pyramids - graphs that show the distribution of population by age and sex in a particular country (Census Bureau)

Statistical Resources Foreign & International Economics - good site of statistical resources for foreign and international economics (University of Michigan)

Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada

International Labour Organization Bureau of Statistics Data - statistical data extracts from LABORSTAT - mainly annual time-series (ILO Yearbook of Labour Statistics)